RecordAugust 2020Maternal and child
Manipur: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.5% in August 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- August 2020
- 39.5%
- series start 2017-04
- –
Why it matters
A record says how long it has been since the series was this high or this low. It puts a single value in the context of the whole published history.
For C-section share of institutional deliveries, neither a rise nor a fall is better in itself, so the observatory marks this movement as unusual rather than good or bad.
Historical context
40 consecutive earlier months were lower.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Manipur
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 39.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.xlsx: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Manipur", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Manipur
- Manipur: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 42.2% in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Manipur: C-section share of institutional deliveries in November 2020 was 38.1%, above the 3-year median of 23.6% for the same month (+14.5 points).
- Manipur: C-section share of institutional deliveries in September 2020 was 37.6%, above the 3-year median of 24.5% for the same month (+13.1 points).
- Manipur: C-section share of institutional deliveries in August 2020 was 39.5%, above the 3-year median of 23.6% for the same month (+15.9 points).
- Manipur: C-section share of institutional deliveries in June 2020 was 38.0%, above the 3-year median of 25.0% for the same month (+12.9 points).
- Manipur: C-section share of institutional deliveries rose to 34.5% in February 2020, against 24.6% a year earlier (+9.9 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Manipur: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.5% in August 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--manipur--2020-08--record
See also Manipur and 39.5% in context.